The discovery of these treasures resembles that of a valuable manuscript. They are a new “Codex Africanus,” not written on fragile papyrus, but in ivory and imperishable brass.
How does a landscape painting made in 1828 by English-American artist Thomas Cole both reinforce and intervene in settler-colonial ideas about the environment and Native American people?
These are additional resources we’ve found useful to engage in dialogue and to provide information around environmental and climate issues, impacts and actions.
These resources provide additional context for dialogue and conversation around the case studies featured in this section and other ongoing work at the museum.
During the Fall of 2015, Brown’s graduate students in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture undertook an investigation of the wood sculptures in the RISD Museum collections.